CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended at 14th September,2005
(2) Persons appointed to the Anti-Corruption Commission shall be persons of integrity chosen for their knowledge of and experience in administration or the prosecution or investigation of crime or for their general suitability for appointment, and⎯
(a) at least one shall be entitled to practise as a legal practitioner; and
(b) at least one shall be entitled to practise as an auditor or public accountant in
Zimbabwe; and
(c) at least one shall have had not less than ten years’ experience in the investigation of crime.
(3) The Anti-Corruption Commission shall have the following functions⎯
(a) to combat corruption, theft, misappropriation, abuse of power and other
improprieties in the conduct of affairs in both the public and private sectors;
(b) to make recommendations to the Government and to organisations in the
private sector on measures to enhance integrity and accountability and to
prevent improprieties; and
(c) to exercise any other functions that may be conferred or imposed on the
Commission by or under an Act of Parliament.
(4) An Act of Parliament may confer powers on the Anti-Corruption Commission,
including power⎯
(a) to conduct investigations and inquiries on its own initiative or on receipt of
complaints;
(b) to require assistance from members of the Police Force and other investigative agencies of the State; and
(c) through the Attorney-General, to secure the prosecution of persons for
corruption, theft, misappropriation, abuse of power and other improprieties.
[Section inserted by section 4 of Act 5 of 2000 – Amendment No. 16.]
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General provisions as to Commissions, etc
(1) Save as is provided in this Constitution or an Act of Parliament, a Commission
shall not, in the exercise of its functions, be subject to the direction or control of any
person or authority.
[Subsection as amended by section 10 of Act 4 of 1993 - Amendment No. 12]
(2) An Act of Parliament may make provision for the powers and functions of a
Commission and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make
provision for the disqualifications, tenure of office and remuneration of the members
thereof, and may authorize the delegation of any power or function, other than the
power to make appointments to, or to make recommendations or tender advice in
respect of, any office established by this Constitution.
[Subsection as amended by section 10 of Act 4 of 1993 - Amendment No. 12]
(3) ...
[Subsection repealed by section 10 of Act 4 of 1993 - Amendment No. 12]
(4) Any decision of a Commission shall require the concurrence of a majority of
all the members thereof.
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